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Page 147
... shareholders spoke now of floating a company . Their Broken Hill Mining Company was not registered as a company and thus was fragile in the eyes of the law . The shares had been so split and decimated that it was uncertain who owned ...
... shareholders spoke now of floating a company . Their Broken Hill Mining Company was not registered as a company and thus was fragile in the eyes of the law . The shares had been so split and decimated that it was uncertain who owned ...
Page 152
... shareholders in B.H.P. and sold the other two- thirds to British investors for £ 800,000 . For the shareholders of B.H.P. it was a wonderful bonus , for they not only got their free shares in the new company but £ 576,000 of the money ...
... shareholders in B.H.P. and sold the other two- thirds to British investors for £ 800,000 . For the shareholders of B.H.P. it was a wonderful bonus , for they not only got their free shares in the new company but £ 576,000 of the money ...
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... shareholders in Great Boulder were granted the ' privilege ' to buy new shares in de Bernales London com- panies . Some found it was not a privilege . De Bernales became managing director of Great Boulder in 1936 . A bower bird of the ...
... shareholders in Great Boulder were granted the ' privilege ' to buy new shares in de Bernales London com- panies . Some found it was not a privilege . De Bernales became managing director of Great Boulder in 1936 . A bower bird of the ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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